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BUSI4U0D2: Leading and Managing People

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Type	Tied
Level	4
Credits	20
Availability	Available in 2023/24
Module Cap	None.
Location	Durham
Department	Management and Marketing

Prerequisites

None

Corequisites

None

Excluded Combinations of Modules

None

Aims

To develop apprentices understanding of the nature of leadership and management in organisations.
To develop knowledge and understanding at an advanced level of key issues in the conceptualisation and practice of leadership and management.
To develop a critical understanding of a range of contemporary processes and practices relating to human resource management.
To critically evaluate the theories of leadership and management and how they apply in practice.
To critically explore the concepts of leadership and management as they relate to organisations.
To critically review the leadership and management of change in organisations.
To increase apprentices professional effectiveness as leaders and managers.

Content

Leadership - leadership styles; leadership capabilities; leading and managing organisational change; and engaging people with change.
Organisational Behaviour - organisational culture and communications; motivating teams and individuals; ethics and sustainability.
Human Resources Cycle - attraction, selection and recruitment; performance management; managing diversity; training and development; reward and recognition; succession and exit strategies

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge:

a specialist knowledge of the nature of leadership and management and how they apply in practice
a critical appreciation of the assumptions, implications and limitations of leadership and management studies
a critical perspective of the how leadership and management apply in practice.

Subject-specific Skills:

advanced skills in, and a critical understanding of, the process of leadership and management.

Key Skills:

Written communication
planning, organising and time management
problem solving and analysis.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

Learning outcomes are met through classroom-based workshops, supported by online resources. The workshops consist of a combination of taught input, groupwork, case studies and discussion. Online resources provide supplementary material for the workshops typically consisting of directed reading and video content.
The summative assessment comprises an individual written assignment which will enable apprentices to apply what they have learnt about leadership and management.
The formative assessment will be an individual assignment based on a case analysis.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Activity	Number	Frequency	Duration	Total	Monitored
Workshops (a combination of taught input, groupwork, case studies and discussion), timetabled in blocks	8	Over a 4-day teaching block	4 hours	32
Preparation, reading and other independent study				168

Summative Assessment

Component: Written assignment		Component Weighting: 100%
Element	Length / Duration	Element Weighting	Resit Opportunity
Case analysis	2000 words max	50	same
Reflective journal	2000 words max	50	same

Formative Assessment

Group presentation based on a case analysis

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